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Herman McCoy Perkins

Male 1867 - 1939  (71 years)


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  • Name Herman McCoy Perkins 
    Birth Aug 1867  Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Census 8 Jun 1870  Blue River, Johnson, IN Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 1 born IN, living with parents 
    Census 14 Jun 1880  Indianapolis, Marion, IN Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 11, born IN, living with parents 
    Census 2 Jun 1900  St Louis, St Louis, MO Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 32, born Aug 1867 in IN, marr 10 yrs, bookkeeper at packing co, parents born IN/IN 
    Census 20 Apr 1910  Kansas City, Wyandotte, KS Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 40, born IN, mx1- 20 yrs, bookkeeper at packing house, parents born NY/IN 
    Census 12 Jan 1920  Kansas City, Wyandotte, KS Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 50, born IN, gen'l practice attorney at law, parents born NY/OH 
    Census 1925  Kansas City, Wyandotte, KS Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 55, born IN, lawyer, father in house 
    Census 2 Apr 1930  Kansas City, Wyandotte, KS Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 61, born IN, 1st marr at 21, gen'l practice lawyer, parents born NY/IN, with wife in house of daughter 
    Death 20 May 1939  Kansas City, Wyandotte, KS Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Mount Hope Cemetery, Kansas City, KS Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I13357  Family Tree
    Last Modified 1 Jul 2019 

    Father Samuel Ransom Perkins,   b. 4 Jul 1838, Brockport, Monroe, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Jul 1926 (Age 88 years) 
    Mother Phoebe Catherine McCoy,   b. 7 Feb 1840, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Jan 1903, St Louis, St Louis, MO Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years) 
    Marriage 17 Aug 1862  Danville, Hendricks, IN Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F4945  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Nancy Jane “Jenny” Perviance,   b. 18 Mar 1871, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Feb 1957, Kansas City, Jackson, MO Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years) 
    Marriage 16 Mar 1890  Wichita, Sedgwick, KS Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • from "Kansas, County Marriage Records, 1811-1911" (familysearch.org)
      On 16 Mar 1890 in Wichita, Sedgwick, KS, Herman M Perkins, 22, married Miss Jennie Purviance, 19.
    Children 
    +1. Shiral Ransome Perkins,   b. 8 Jan 1891, Wichita, Sedgwick, KS Find all individuals with events at this locationd. May 1975 (Age 84 years)
     2. Bertha Leota Perkins,   b. 31 Dec 1892, Wichita, Sedgwick, KS Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 May 1979, Austin, Travis, TX Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years)
     3. Clarence Charles Perkins,   b. 26 May 1896, East St Louis, St Clair , IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Oct 1977 (Age 81 years)
    Family ID F6584  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 1 Jul 2019 

  • Notes 
    • from "The Kansas City Star", 20 May 1939
      H.M. PERKINS IS DEAD.
      Vereran Kansas City, Kansas, Crusader Was 70 Years Old.
      Herman M. Perkins, 70 years old, a resident of Kansas City, Kansas, thrity-two years and a lawyer forty-five years, died today at his home, 1957 North Thirty-third street., Kansas City, Kansas. He had been ill eight months. Mr. Perkins, an individualist in public and civic affairs, frequently was in the limelight through his one-man crusades. His efforts brought a grand jury in Wyandotte County several years ago. In a long career in Kansas City, Kansas, he sought many public offices. He was on the ballot as a Socialist candidate for United States senator and governor at various times. Mrs Perkins was a member of the Stephen Memorial Methodist church in Kansas City, Kansas. He leaves his wife, Mrs Nancy Jane Perkins, and a daughter, Mrs. J.W. McGhee, both of the home; town sons, Shiral R. Perkins, 3158 Haskell avenue, Kansas City, Kansas; Clarence C. Perkins, rural route No. 1, Bethel, Kas., and a sister, Mrs. J.R. Mahaffey, Nardin, OK. Funeral services will be held at 3:30 o'clock Monday at the Gibson & Son chapel in Kansas City, Kansas.